普庵信仰的宗教定位及特色

The Fixed Position and Features of Pu-an Faith

从祖庭、教主、经卷的拥有,普庵教信徒在客家区域的较广泛分布,可以对普庵教的现实存在做较肯定的回答。普庵教是一种以南宋初临济宗杨岐支系下第6世禅宗高僧普庵禅师为教主、以赣西北宜春市袁州区慈化寺为祖庭、以法事仪轨为主要特征的民间宗教。普庵教的4大宗教特征是:糅合佛教禅宗、密宗、道教灵宝、民间巫教因素;突出普庵符与普庵咒的作用;强化法事仪轨的仪式表演特色;现实中与客家有着密切的联系。

Pu - an faith should be recognized as a folk religion, and the disciples of it distribute mainly over the Hakka region. It takes Pu - an, the 6th Chan master of Yangqi branch of Linji Zen sect in the early period of Southern Song, as its founder; takes the Cihua temple in Yuanzhou District of Yichun city in the north - western part of Jiangxi province as its earliest temple; takes the religious rites as ｜ts main features. Pu - an religion attaehes importance to the rites. Pu - an religion has four obvious characters ： 1 ） mixing Zen sect, Linbao Daoist and Estericism; 2） highlighting the importance of curse and magic power; 3） strengthening the performance of rites; 4） having close connection with Hakka.